Kink/BDSM 101 – Healing Through Kink
Getting Spicy & Freaky: BDSM and Kink Basics — Bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism. These words elicit for many people a sense of titillation, or of dread. In this humorous and accessible approach to learning about alternative and sometimes edgy sexual practices, we will be looking at what draws people to this wide array of kinky sex interests, as well as other similar topics such as fetishism, voyeurism, exhibitionism, “alternative” relationship structures, swinging and more. After looking at what kinky sex is and why people get into it, we will have an opportunity to look at the variety of types of things that are enjoyed in spicy bedroom (and out of the bedroom) games, the tools used, and how these things can be and are safe to explore. Bring your sense of humor and your curiosity to this opportunity to learn about the wide variety of sexual expression found in BDSM and kinky sex.
Lee Harrington (he/him) is an internationally known spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. He’s been traveling the globe teaching and talking about sexuality, psychology, faith, and desire, and believes you deserve passion and connection in your life. His books include “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities” (with Mollena Williams), “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé,” and “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage expert, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998.
Read more about Lee at PassionAndSoul.com.
Presented by ShinyBound
Neurobiology Of Trauma And It’s Overlap In Kink – Healing Through Kink
BDSM holds many useful tools for healing parts of ourselves, particularly those parts of our brain and bodies which were harmed in relationships and power dynamics. The ability to create and cultivate safe, consensual, clearly negotiated play provides a perfect framework for reclaiming power and redefining our relationship with ourselves and others. However engaging in kink as a tool for trauma healing can also cause more harm if not done well. This workshop will provide in depth neurobiology of the intersections between kink and trauma, as well as some basic guidelines and strategies for beginning the use of kink in healing, and precautions to take to ensure more damage doesn’t occur. Your access to your pleasure, and the full expression of your erotic self, often awaits just on the other side of trauma. We can help you find the entrance to that path.
Angie Gunn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist in private practice in Portland, OR, and online through Talkspace. She is out as queer, kinky, and non-monogamous and serves the LGBTQIPA+, kinky, non-monogamous, sexual trauma, and others as an ally, advocate, and resource for connection, change and healing. She also serves as Sex Therapy Expert for Talkspace, supporting more than 2000 therapists. Trained in sexuality, trauma, attachment and family systems, she works as a therapist and clinical social worker, identifying the barriers to healthy relationships, sexual expression, and overall well-being and assisting in developing resiliency skills. She’s also the board chair of SPEEC, a sexuality non-profit in Portland, Or. Experienced in training, facilitation as well as mediation across different audiences, Angie is an advocate and strong voice for empowerment, intersectionality, sexual expression and connection in our community.
Exploring Therapeutic Kink – Healing Through Kink
Much like we understand that there is a difference between getting a relaxing massage from a friend or lover, and seeing a professional for a healing massage, we must also consider that difference in Kink and BDSM. The practice of Therapeutic Kink is more than mindfulness and care, which should be an expected aspect of all play. It is also an incorporation of myriad other therapeutic and psychological practices. Join us for an experiential discussion of how we explore this difference and how this work continues evolving today.
Ti (tea) is the author of A Kink in the Cure and a Therapeutic Kink Practitioner. At their core, they are a believer in making the world a better place. By day, they consult with businesses and governments on cultural change strategies and disruptive transformation initiatives, coaching leaders in pursuit of their goals, and mediating conflict in relationships and the workplace. By night, they are advancing the evolution of society through sexual freedom education and kinky coaching, supporting local non-profits, and engaging with subversive social-change organizations. They carry a degree in Individualized Studies from Goddard College, where they focused on Behavioral Science with an emphasis on the use of BDSM as a tool for healing sexual shame and trauma.
Nuances Of Boundaries – Healing Through Kink
Consent is fluid, it is nuanced and it is one of the most important topics not only in the adult industry, but in day to day life.
Consent and communication are about removing pressure so that we can be as confident as possible. They should be the primary focus both on and off set, and not an afterthought. Simply because we have done something before does not mean we are obligated to repeat it. Because we agreed to certain limits before a scene, does not mean we are obligated to perform them.
Consent is active, open, ongoing and without pressure. Join us as we discuss best practices, of both giving and receiving consent. Kink.com was started in 1997 by bondage enthusiast, Peter, who was a PhD student. After realizing consensual BDSM games were more exciting than finance, he left academia to devote his life to subjecting beautiful, willing women to strict bondage.
Through adhering to our core values, Kink.com has grown into a respected company which has attracted talented employees. Kink’s team of more than 90 people is now dedicated to bringing you the most imaginative fetish material. Each of our unique websites is directed by a webmaster who is heavily kinky. Each webmaster’s passion is to bring their kink to life to deliver authentic fetish footage. Our models are never told to act or artificially struggle. BDSM is about respect and trust.
Hosted by Mikey Mod
Presented by Kink.com Panelists: Casey Calvert, Dillon Diaz, Dr. Liz Powell, Angie Gunn, Sebastian Keys, Fivestar, Domino Presley.
Defining Fetishes And Fantasy Fulfillment – Healing Through Kink
What’s your biggest fantasy? Questions that are evolving more and more into “small talk” in today’s modern society. This presentation will dive more into what exactly these words mean to you and how they may shape your intimate world, so that you can step into that realm with more power and confidence. I will explore misconceptions of fetishisms, along with walking you through on how to create your “scene” for fantasy fufillment. Hope to see you there!!!
Devin believes that human sexuality should be incorporated into the holistic approach of wellbeing. With both personal and professional experience in power exchange, gender identity and expression and ethically, non monogamous ways to exist in relationships, her passion lies in exploring all the alternative ways that one can show up in the world.
Presented by Clips4Sale What’s your fetish?
Trauma and Addiction: A Trauma Informed Approach to Healing
This 1-hour course on trauma and addiction is designed to provide participants with an overview of the basic impact of trauma on the brain and the body. Presenter will review the definition of trauma, discuss how trauma is created and how addictions are often used as an adaptation to manage trauma and mental health symptoms. Participants will learn about Trauma Informed approaches for the treatment of trauma and addiction that address culture and diversity. Participants will learn basic tools on how to regulate the body and explore how mindfulness, meditation and yoga can be beneficial in addiction recovery.
With therapist, Lindsay Rothschild
Sponsored by PervOUT
Burning from the inside out
Being a sex worker is a job that can help you to gain independence and financial stability, but usually along the way, you suffer tons of stress, emotional and physical draining. In this workshop, we will talk about Burnout, a syndrome that affects sexworkers: what is it, how to be able to recognize it, how to deal with it and ways to get better.
Webinar provided by Yiset Mosquera
Sponsored by Adultwebmasternet.com
On Your Knees: Power In Submission – Healing Through Kink
This class is for those who:
1) Want to explore their submissive side
2) have a partner that is dominant and would like you to submit to them
3) Know you are submissive and want to deepen your understanding of D/s.
This class is not about how to be a professional submissive or switch. This class is about discovering and developing your submissive persona. It is available to all genders and sexualities. In this workshop, learn the basics of submission or bottoming. Have you ever felt the call to be submissive and weren’t sure how to start? Are you looking for your dominant counterpart and want to be ready when they come along? We’ll explore: What makes a great submissive or bottom? Learning to express your kinky needs. Consent using the Kink Negotiation Worksheet. Styles of submission.
Protocol and etiquette and other fancy words for how to serve. Contracts and agreements. Boundary setting and inner work. Skill building for service. Together we’ll explore the role of the submissive, and how to safely create boundaries for healthy D/s relationships.
If you are just beginning your journey this will give you the foundation to serve, as well as make a great impression on your dominant. Justine Cross is femme queer BDSM consultant quarantined in Los Angeles. She owns Dungeon East (and Dungeon West,) 2 premiere BDSM studios. Justine is an educator, a provocateur and all around bad ass Bitch who also runs BDSFemme – an all women’s play party. In a state of rainbow panic and glitter, she organized and hosted the 1st LA Kink Pride – a series of events and classes conducted entirely online. Her favorite things to do in quarantine include mourning the semi dead plants she bought at the beginning, going to virtual strip clubs and having craft cocktails delivered weekly.
Please visit her website: LosAngelesDominatrix.com Follow her on insta/clubhouse/tiktok @thejustinecross twitter @justineplays
Presented by Feet4Cash
